Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts(1) Subsection (2) applies if a community care order has been made in relation to a person and—
(a) a restriction order has also been made in relation to the person requiring the person to be detained at a community care facility; or
(b) the care coordinator requires the person to be detained at a community care facility under section 36K (Contravention of psychiatric treatment order or community care order).
(2) The care coordinator may—
(a) take, or authorise someone else to take, the person to the premises and, for that purpose—
(i) use the force and assistance that is necessary and reasonable to apprehend the person and take the person to the premises; and
(ii) if there are reasonable grounds for believing that the person is at particular premises—enter those premises using the force and assistance that is necessary and reasonable; and
(b) keep the person at the premises in the custody that the ACAT considers appropriate; and
(c) subject the person to the confinement or restraint that is necessary and reasonable—
(i) to prevent the person from causing harm to himself, herself or someone else; or
(ii) to ensure that the person remains in custody under the order; and
(d) subject the person to involuntary seclusion if satisfied that it is the only way in the circumstances to prevent the person from causing harm to himself, herself or someone else; and
(3) If a community care order made in relation to a person authorises the giving of medication for the treatment or amelioration of the person's mental dysfunction, the care coordinator may—
(a) approve the administration by appropriately trained people of medication prescribed by a doctor in accordance with the order; and
(b) for that purpose, use (or authorise someone else to use) the force and assistance that is necessary and reasonable.
(4) In acting under subsection (2) or (3), the care coordinator must have regard to the matters stated in section 7 (Objectives of Act) and section 9 (Maintenance of freedom, dignity and self-respect).
(5) If the care coordinator subjects a person to involuntary restraint or seclusion, or the involuntary administration of medication prescribed by a doctor, the care coordinator must—
(a) enter in the person's record the fact of and the reasons for the involuntary restraint, seclusion or administration of medication; and
(b) tell the ACAT and the public advocate in writing within 24 hours after the person is subjected to the involuntary restraint, seclusion or administration of medication; and
(c) keep a register of the involuntary restraint, seclusion or administration of medication.